Visual Studio data tools documentation

Use Visual Studio and .NET tooling to develop your data applications

.NET

Overview

• Visual Studio data tools for .NET
• DataSet tools
• Entity Framework tools
• Linq to SQL tools
• WCF and WCF Data Services (OData) tools

Tutorial

• ADO.NET data application
• WPF and Entity Framework 6
• n-Tier data application
• WCF Data Service with WPF and Entity Framework

Concept

• ADO.NET
• Entity Framework 6
• Entity Framework Core

Data Tools

Overview

• Work with data in Visual Studio
• Work with SQL Server Data Tools
• Data Access in C++

Azure

Tutorial

• Azure SQL database
• Cosmos DB - .NET console app
• Cosmos DB - .NET web app
• Azure Data Lake Analytics
• HDInsight
• Azure Stream Analytics